National Regional Profile: Parramatta (C) - North-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105406252   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
40
65
47
38
48
Total dwelling unitsno.
308
405
456
283
357
Value of total residential building$m
51.3
56.2
71.9
50.4
69.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
66.8
39.4
71.0
50.4
97.4
Value of total building$m
118.1
95.6
142.9
100.9
166.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 189
1 179
1 254
1 270
1 411
Other vehiclesno.
439
478
517
523
568
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 629
1 657
1 771
1 794
1 979
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
20 512
20 761
21 164
21 410
21 406
Campervansno.
24
25
23
28
29
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 093
2 183
2 249
2 588
2 255
Light rigid trucksno.
122
116
109
118
112
Heavy rigid trucksno.
185
165
158
160
155
Articulated trucksno.
23
23
23
18
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
11
14
10
11
Busesno.
59
57
61
67
63
Motorcyclesno.
409
434
446
463
466
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 435
23 774
24 247
24 863
24 515
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
473
482
487
490
488
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
48
51
52
59
51
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
2
1
Motorcyclesno.
9
10
10
11
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
540
552
558
568
558
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 792
2 266
1 873
1 503
1 225
Petrol - Unleadedno.
19 635
20 462
21 284
22 200
22 066
Dieselno.
769
790
815
878
911
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
239
256
275
282
312
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0